Benidorm opens Capitán Cortés Street to traffic this week after completing the renovation of the water infrastructure

The water infrastructure renovation works on Capitán Cortés Street have been completed. The Department of Water Cycle announced today that the street will reopen to traffic this week, following the completion of the major project carried out over the past four months, which has involved an investment of €400,000. Paving work is underway today, and painting and road markings will begin tomorrow, with the goal of the roadway being fully operational by Friday.

Mayor Toni Pérez and the Councillor for Water Cycle, José Ramón González de Zárate, visited the street this afternoon to check on the condition of the road shortly before its reopening. Pérez emphasised that "as we said just over four months ago, the works would be completed before the arrival of the high season, and that is indeed the case." The mayor emphasised that this was a "very necessary" project because it had been determined that the sanitation infrastructure "was severely deteriorated, as its first installation dated back more than 30 years and required complete renovation."

This deterioration of the infrastructure, Toni Pérez recalled, was causing ongoing deficiencies in the service, "making its renovation essential." The budget for the project, carried out by the company Aquambiente, amounted to €399,997.89. The bulk of the work involved the complete renovation of the drinking water supply network, the sewer system, and the installation of a stormwater network.

The aim, according to the mayor, was to provide a "comprehensive solution" for these services in line with current needs and future demands, taking into account the actions already carried out with the municipal works for the EDUSI project in the Station Zone.

The works, therefore, have complemented those previously carried out as part of the EDUSI (Educational Plan for the Urban Development of the City of Madrid) with the renovation of the stormwater network in Colonia Madrid and part of Capitán Cortés. "We have now completed the stormwater network and also the sewer system in a very important area," the mayor stated. The works have also involved improving the surface urban scene and the placement of new trees.

Regarding the wastewater network, the project contemplated the adaptation and improvement of the network on Capitán Cortés, Amadorio, and Guadalest streets by rehabilitating the current collectors. For the complete renovation of the drinking water network, the existing fibre cement pipe has been replaced with a ductile iron one. Regarding the rainwater collection network, the works consisted of the implementation of a new stormwater drainage network, the branches of which have been connected to the general pipeline that runs alongside Foietes Park.

The paving was then replaced, resulting in a street with universal accessibility and new signage.

The mayor also noted that in the coming days, work will be carried out at the Serra d'Aitana school, next to the street, where a small stormwater network will be installed and connected to the Capitán Cortés school "to prevent rainwater from accumulating in the playgrounds" without affecting normal traffic at the school.

"We agreed that this work would be carried out without affecting the normal operation of the schools during school days, and that is what we are going to do. That is why it will begin now, once classes have ended, and the City Council has not scheduled any summer activities at this school," Pérez concluded.